Clamp-on dash light



Aprii 22 1924.

R. F. STEPHENSON CLAMP-ON-DASH LIGHT Filed July 18. 1923 ylvz W; 7

Patented Apr. 22, 192.

ROBERT F. STEPHENSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CLAMP-ON DASH LIGHT.

Application filed July 18, 1928. Serial No. 652,27'1.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that ROBERT F. STEPHENSON,

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clamp-On Dash Lights, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my device is to devise a clamp-on-dash light to be used on vehicles, particularly automobiles. In automobiles not provided with lights by the manufacturer, it is diirlcult for the individual to place a light on the dash board. My device can be simply and cheaply made and easily applied to the dash board by simply hooking the clamp over the top of the dash board and bending the lower portion around the bottom of the dash board. The clamp is stamped of one piece of metal preferably 20 and has its longitudinal edges bent over so as to form a depression for concealing the wires for the light. In this way the light is securely positioned, is detachable, and the wiring and method of attachment are concealed.

lVith these and other objects in view, my invention has relation to certain novel fea tures of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the clamp used in my device with the lamp removed.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. A

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the clamp with the lamp secured thereto showing a fragment of the dash-board to which it is attached and the wires for supplying an electric current to the lamp.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 4. i

Numeral 6 designates the dash-board to which my device may be attached, numeral 7 the clamp which has its upper end bent to form the hook 8, numeral 9 an integral pliable finger that may be bent to form a hook at the bottom of the clamp. The longitudinal edges of the clamp are bent as best shown at 10 in Fig. 2. Numerals l1 designate punched holes for securing the lamp to the bracket and numeral 12 designates a hole into which the base of the lamp 13 is secured. The lamp 13 is of conventional construction, having the shade 14, the incandescent bulb 15, the switch handle 16 and the base plate 17 in which are formed the bolt holes 18. By means of bolts and nuts 19, the base plate 17 is secured to the clamp 7. the bolts passing through the holes 11. Numerals 20 designate the wires for connecting the bulb to a source of current. The wires are stretched taut in the position shown in Figs. a and 5. Owing to the bent longitudinal edges 10 of the clamp 7. the wires 20 lie fiat against the outer surface of the inner portion of the clamp 7.

In securing the clamp to the dash-board the hook 8 is hooked over the upper edge, the finger 9 is bent as best shown in Fig. 5 around the lower edge. The wires 20 are connected to the source of current in the conventional manner.

\Vhat I claim and mean to secure by Lettcrs Patent is:

A. lamp bracket having a hook formed at oneextreniity and a pliable finger formed at the. other extremity, the longitudinal edges of the bracket being bent at right angles to the face of the bracket so as to form a depression for the concealing of wires, a hole formed in the upper portion of said bracket and means of securing a lamp into the hole of said bracket so that wires will extend therethrongh and on the rearward side of the bracket between the longitudinal bent edges thereof.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

ROBERT F. STEPHENSON. 

